In this essay on higher education for the disadvantaged, the author discusses the definition of "disadvantaged," assessment procedures of disadvantaged students, and the predictive value of aptitude tests. The author concludes that more and better controlled studies are needed, preferably longitudinal, and offering clear information on the extent…

A major problem in higher education today is that of providing educational programs for students of diversified educational backgrounds. One possible solution is to use the systems approach in the basic studies of general education to provide instructional patterns that can be accommodated to the individual needs of all students. This study set…

This study researched the impact of special admissions programs on general admission policies in 5 San Francisco Bay area colleges and universities during a period of 5 years ending June 1971. The study was conducted to determine more specifically: (1) what general admissions policies were waived for special admissions students; (2) what was the…

Describes a peer counseling program, the Oneonta Opportunity Program, for educationally and academically disadvantaged students. Its purpose was to provide academic advising and counseling, institutional orientation, and regular formal contact for the first-time college student (freshman). (Author)

Presents an overview of major programs in higher education directed at helping the disadvantaged, makes a critical assessment of each, makes recommendations for looking into the future, and emphasizes the notion that the educational system is a reflection of the wider social system and conditions that exist. (Author/CJ)

Two functional dialects possessed by the same person must function concurrently in the education of the disadvantaged. The problems involved are discussed. (Editor)

Representation of the major minority groups must be raised in the various major vocations and professions to levels equal to their percentage of the population. (HS)

The Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU) seeks to give well qualified, well-motivated but financially limited Latin American students an opportunity to obtain the academic training required for successful careers as university teachers in their home countries. (HS)

Reviews the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," which addresses educational underrepresentation of high-achieving minority students, discussing the debate over race-based affirmative action and concluding that the integrity of American education is best served by programs and teachers eager to assist promising or disadvantaged…

Asserts that many composition instructors design courses around theories driven by two narratives of progress: solitary struggle; or earning placement by the dominant social order through passivity. Argues that these approaches are counterproductive and alienate the underclass, ensuring high failure rates at urban colleges and sending students…

Reports on the process of selecting the first 4,000 beneficiaries of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, which emphasizes the use of criteria other than grades and test scores to select scholarship recipients. Notes critics' views and the administrative feat of building the organization from scratch, publicizing the program in minority…

Describes a program which seeks out minority students with a potential for engineering education, inspires them to enter the program, enrolls them in an intensive seven-week remediation phase, and matriculates them into a college of engineering. (GS)

Analyzes the early academic achievement of disadvantaged, mainly black, students admitted to the Special Educational Opportunities Program at the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois. (Editor)

Paper prepared for seminar in program of the Danforth Liberal Arts Workshop, Colorado College (June 17-July 3, 1968)